Reflection About Relationships

Fairy tales tell us that once upon a time a girl met a boy; they fell in love, and lived happily ever after. Reality is not that simple. Long-term relationships force couples to get to know each other, involve themselves in each others’ worlds, fight through the hard times, and eventually develop deeper connections as noted through distinctive stages of Knapp’s relationship model. Although I have dated the same person for over two years, our communication through relationship stages makes it seem as though I am now dating a different person than the one I met years ago. Following dissolution and subsequent repair, I realize the most exhilarating of roller coaster rides develop through sets of ups and downs, much like the

Helping our clients addressing transference is very important, so they can feel comfortable talking about their feelings and we can discuss with them different views. As you said, the focus is to create a trusting environment free from judgments or distrust. This way, the therapeutic relationship can become even stronger.

One of the most emotionally draining, yet empowering life events that I’ve been through was discovering my sexuality. Living in a heterosexual normative society, that was all I knew through childhood. Sexuality was never openly discussed or questioned; it was almost treated as a taboo topic.

There has been some recent argument against the current understanding of the place of relationships in psychotherapy. While most theories argue that relationships are important or even essential to good mental health, other theorists claim that the way relationships are conceptualized in these theories is insufficient (Slife & Wiggins, 2009). Most of these theories conceptualize the individuals first, and then talk about the way these individuals relate. Relationships are often understood as two or more independent self-contained individuals interacting (Slife & Wiggins, 2009). An alternative way to look at relationships is offered by relational psychoanalysts and other theorists, though again it should be noted that

Meaningful relationships are vital for your success in life. That doesn't equate to how many Facebook friends or Twitter followers you have but real, deep connections with other human beings. You don't have to make major changes to your personality, but these tips can help you deepen your relationships.

The relationship between my mother and I plays a significant role in shaping the man that I have become. In addition, it continually guides me on how to raise my own children and making decisions in my personal life. The influential relationship that my mother and I share does consists of perceptual differences. These differences provide facilitative emotions, which at times can affect my self talk. For example, my mother and I have differing perceptions on when we think a couple should move in together. My mother believes that a couple should not live together until they are married. Initially, I believed that concept and followed it with my ex-wife. When issues would occur in my marriage, I would partly blame my mother because I took her advice.

During my youth I had the honor of developing a friendship that would last a lifetime and never diminish no matter what the circumstances may be. I played soccer throughout my entire childhood and little did I know that I would end up meeting one of my best friends at random. My best friends name is Quinton, and our relationship has taken us through our soccer careers, high school, and now attending different universities. During this time our relationship has gone through various stages the six-stage relationship model, including contact, involvement, intimate friendship, and somewhat of a dissolution. Our friendship has been everything I could ever ask for and we have made some amazing memories on our journey

For a relationship to be considered successful both partners need to be accepted for who they are, feel safe, valued and need to be equal. If this is all done within the relationship you have the chance to get to know each other and potentially have a healthy, successful relationship.

In this world, to live a life, everybody needs someone to always be there by their side. It is not possible to stay alone and be happy at the same time. We can lower our pain by sharing it, or increase our happiness if we can share our happiness with others. People stand with us, share our feelings, bond with us and become a part of our life. We can’t imagine the life without the people who matter the most to us. Some we meet with the needs, some meet with destiny and some stays from the very first day of our life. These connections and commitment of being there make relationships. There is different steps, ways and views of every relation. Trust, love and respect are three different ways to show the importance of our relationship.

I never knew heartbreak until second grade when I discovered multiple fights between my parents, ultimately resulting in a divorce. After that, I had a different outlook on my life. I thought love wasn’t real, and happiness was never obtainable. Between my two siblings and I, I was the first to grow up. Many years later, my sister finally discovered what I had learned years prior, and it was like a reset button, restarting the whole situation over again. It brought me back to that moment, and my only choice was continuing to remain strong for my older sister. Throughout my whole life, I’ve given her advice, simply because I understand more about tragedy than she ever has. Growing up, I believed I was invincible because I never felt emotions after my parent’s divorce, but then I met a boy who made me believe love was real. After it was too late, I realized that I had done something horrible: fallen for a guy, making myself vulnerable. Despite the promises of “never hurting me”, I ultimately ended up on the floor of my room, in the dark, drowning in my own tears. Soon after, he managed to manipulate me back into a relationship, and I simply put up a wall so no one would be able to get to my heart again. In a way I was grateful to him for allowing me to simply shut off my emotions, and protect my heart from everyone, but at the time I could only think about how it was my fault, and that I was a horrible person because that is what he wanted me to believe.

“Hey, Apollodorus, wait!” yelled a man from behind us. Apollodorus and I stopped and turned around upon hearing this. The man began mentioning a dinner party from a while back, and memories started to run through my mind. I recalled being with some old friends, and discussing our own personal views on what love really is.

Where do I begin? I’ve told you in our conversations that over the course of our relationship I have been hypocritical about being open throughout our time shared together. Holding back from sharing things with you has proved to be not beneficial in the least and I think it has been a contributing factor in the friction we are experiencing now. I held this belief that if I told you about the things I struggled with or past mistakes you wouldn’t be accepting of them and maybe you won’t be, but I believe now that if we want to keep Jesus at the center of our relationship we should be able to come to each other and help each with the areas we struggle with.

The Research in Human Relations course guided me in the application mindset of my studies. Mindfully being able to break down information, from the statement of the issue to the analysis of data, to even an appropriate outcome that is beneficial to a particular field of study, is what this course promotes. Don Miguel Ruiz states in his novel, The Four Agreements, that we make different types of assumptions simply because we do not have the courage to ask questions (Ruiz & Mills, 1997, p. 68). This course enables students to not only want to ask questions but also build on their incoming knowledge with the tools to support giving back to the field and community. I long to give back through the power of research in my given field, and upon taking this course I feel empowered to do just that. The Research in HR course set a solid foundation for APA style writing, which has not only benefitted me through graduate school but will continue to benefit me into my career path. Today, APA Style sets the bar that is well respected in journals, books, and electronic databases (American Psychological Association, 2012). I found this course beneficial because much like each of my other courses, it further refined my skillsets for my pursuit of clinical administrative work and research on autism and speech in the field of speech-language pathology. Through each assignment, I became even more critical of the research I consumed. Being able to produce solid sources to help push my field of

Your significant other, what majority of our ancestors were looking for. Some may have found everlasting love, until one of them died. And some may never have had the privilege of finding them, wandering through broken hearts and hardships. Which is why our government decided to come up with the amazing system of soulmates. When a person is born, they don't see color, everything is monochrome, white, black, and gray. No colors, no lividity. Until the person meets their significant other. When the person finally meets them, the world turns into an explosion of color, electrifying blue here and dashes of popping green there; according to some. Majority of people find their soulmate (there significant other is called a soulmate) when they reach the age of 14 or 15. You also have a sort of physical connection to your soulmate, if your soulmate is hurt, injured or killed the other soulmate will feel everything they feel. If you don't find a soulmate by the age of 20 you are classified unmatchable and are just left single in society to never find a pair. The year is 2045 and our setting takes place in California. Here we have two teens, one 17 and one 18. Alexander Broom, all his friends call him alex. He is 18, he isn't really popular but he isn't a nobody either. He is pretty naive and confident. He is a dirty blonde, with greenish hazel eyes, he has a normal build. He’s usually seen wearing a jacket, a shirt and some blue jeans with sneakers. He likes bands/artists such as Ed

For me, Love is the driving force in my life. But first, let's start from the beginning, with this passage from the bible, that reads, We love because he first loved us (1 John 4:19). So for me consequently love’s the most important core value in my life. This began with someone who was very close to me: my grandmother who was the first person to actually speak with me about love and faith to be honest.